EA yanks Aaron Hernandez from Madden, NCAA 14

An EA Sports spokesperson told CBSSports.com on Monday that Aaron Hernandez has been removed from both the NCAA game as well as Madden NFL 25 and only showed up temporarily because of the timing involved in publishing NCAA 14.

“We made a decision to remove Aaron Hernandez from Madden NFL 25 and NCAA Football 14. Because NCAA Football 14 was finalized prior to our decision, Hernandez’ image still appears in the Nike Skills Trainer,” a spokesperson for EA Sports said. “However, he is not in the game, and anyone who unlocks that particular Nike Skills Trainer reward will receive an Alex Smith Ultimate Team player item instead. The image of Hernandez will be removed via a Title Update in the near future.”

M4d Ski11z’s take:This is not a big of a deal as believed. Rosters in sports games are constantly updated throughout the year. Hernandez’s player stats, cards, data can be hidden with a few lines of code. Now, the real story will be how some diehard fans/hackers will mod the games to unhide Aaron Hernandez. Then, my friends, you have a story.

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